10-21-2012, 09:00 AM
I thought I&#39;d come down and explore the river below the Chick dam a bit. Looked over a couple of deeper holes with my H-bird 1197 to see if there were any big cats, spotted a fish or two but couldn&#39;t find a bite in the area. With the heavy water flow, I don&#39;t think this is going to be a very good place to try for the 6 lb test giant blue cat that I am after. I will get down here again with a couple of friends in the future, maybe they can help me some.<br /><br />I ran back up to the dam and sat in the relatively slack water using the spot anchor feature on my Minn Kota. I was casting a Foley spoon into the fast water and caught a few fish, including a great skipjack and blue and channel cats and some small skippies. No white bass or stripers, but it was early afternoon by the time I got up to the turbines. Still, a fun trip!<br />